Would I need surgery? What's wrong with me? GERD, ulcers, polyps?!
Question: Would I need surgery? What's wrong with me? GERD, ulcers, polyps?
thanks.
Answers:
Only a doctor who has examined you in person will be able to give you an accurate diagnosis, but it doesn't sound like ulcers or polyps to me. GERD is a possibility, but that typically presents with pain (note the "typically".. everyone's symptoms can be different!). Other things to look at would be low gastric motility (gastroparesis) or low LES tone, both of which can occur for several different reasons. Did you get an EGD or barium swallow done at the gastroenterologist's office? If you feel like your current GE isn't taking you seriously, ask your parents to take you to another one.
You need digestive enzymes. This is due to eating cooked and processed foods. Heating foods kills the digestive enzymes in the food. This is why the food comes back up undigested. I would recommend you go to the following website listed below and educate yourself about this problem. Most people are not aware how bad it is to eat food devoid of digestive enzymes. Your body was not made to make massive quantities of digestive enzymes because that leads to other health problems. That is why all foods have the enzymes in them to digest those foods. Knowledge truly is king. Click on the digestive enzyme product and read about this product and problem. Also watch the cool video demonstrating the product.
http://www.corehealthproducts.com/truehealth
Go for digestive enzymes and a really good quality probiotic supplement. Your best overall bet is to see a professional Homeopath or Naturopath. Taking conventional drugs either doesn't work or makes the long term outlook pretty grim -- they destroy or weaken your stomach acid. Too little, not too much acid is the problem. There are some good articles at Mercola.com and Natural News.
Curing the cause is the way to go, not just suppressing symptoms.
Think about what first triggered this problem/exactly when it started. It's a clue.